Razor-strop fastener.



Y No. 354063. PATENTBD MAY 21. 1907.

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RAZOR STROP'FASTENBR. rrnmurol FILED .umn-1907.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE WILLIAM WI-IITELEY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGN OR TO NORTH i & JUDD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed January 21, 1907. Serial llo` 353,203.

Tov all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WHITELEY, a citizen .of the United States, residing at New Britain, county of Hartford, Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Razor-strop Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear,'and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in hooks for razor strops and the like. I

The purpose of my invention is to provide a razor strop with a connecting appliance of such construction that the owner of the strop may always find a ready attachment or support for the outer end of the strap wherever he may be. In practice it may be readily attached to a door knob, chair or other object conveniently found about a room which will present a suitable firm anchorage. When secured in place, the connection is selfadjusting, so that the strop proper will always lie in a proper plane to receive the application of the razor. In this respect it permits of the use of a knob shank as the anchorage. Were it not for this self-adjusting feature, such an anchorage would be inappropriate, because it would cause the strop proper to lead in a direction which would make it difficult, if not impossible, to apply the razor.

Among the objects will bel seen t'o be sim-` plicity and strength of construction.

-In the drawings Figure l is a plan view of my invention applied to one end of a razor strop. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in perspective, showing the strop as it appears in use and connected to a knob shank.

A represents the strop proper.

B is a looped frame suitably connected to one end of the strop.

C is the hook proper.

D is a body member which is pivotally connected to the looped frame B in any suitable manner, `for example, by means of a stud passing through the body of the frame in line with the strop and arranged so as to` freely rotate. The shank of the hook makes a hinged connection with the body D, the

axis of movement being at an angle relatively to the axis of movement of the connection with the looped frame B. By this arrangement a universal action is aorded. The space between the end of the bill of the hook and the body portion D is sufficient to pass over such objects as are commonly found in ordinarily furnished rooms which would afford a convenient anchorage for the outer end of the strop while in use, such as, for example, a door knob.

To illustrate the self-adjusting adaptability of the device, we have provided Fig. 2, wherein it will be seen that an otherwise inaccessible knob shank may be employed as the anchorage Over this the hook bill may be readily passed. The length of the shank is such that the body D will clear the knob and will permit the frame B to adjust itself to such an angle relatively to the hook that the razor strop will lead in a direction suitable to permit the user to readily apply his razor. The pivotal connection between the parts is also such that the strop proper will lie fiat, so as to present the most favorable position for the application of the razor.

Various parts may be made .from cast metal, or from sheet or wire stock Without y departing from the invention.

What I claim is: p

l. In a device of the character described, a body portion, a hook pivoted thereto, the axis of said pivot being in the plane of the hook, a loop-like device pivoted to the body portion, the axis of said loop pivot being at right angles to the axis of the hook pivot.

2. In a device of the character described, a body portion, a single hook open at one side and pivoted to said body portion, the axis of said pivot being in the plane of the hook, a loop-like device pivoted to said body in a plane at right angles to the axis of the hook pvot.

. WILLIAM wHITELEY. 

